Guard for wire-blocks.



J. H. REECE.

GUARD POR WIRE BLOCKS. APPLICATION PILEDMAR. 17. 190s.

K Q09, 1 171 Patented Jan. h5, 1909 n nul 2- 1151855425: IZYeII/(br': ff 3 5 Jaz/'tweede r erro JUAN H.v REECE, F JOLET, ILLNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUMPHREY & SONS, OF JULIET, LLI'NOIS,

A COPARTNERSHP.

No. soeur?.

Specification oi? Lettere Patent.

Fatented Jan. 5, 1G09.

application .tiled "March Lt?, 3.903. Serial No. l?.

l'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JUAN H. linnen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Joliet, in 'the county of Will. and State of Illinois,

5 have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Guards for l,llVire-lvloclr's, of' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what are known or termed 'wire blocks, which receive the wire from the drawing die, and on which the wire is coiled.

lt has been found, in practice, that, in the use ot ordinary wire blocks, when the block is iilled and the wire between the bloclr and the drawing die severed or cut, or when the end of the coil is reached, the terminal end is liable to iiy out and injure the Aworkmen by 'lll striking them in the face 0r other part oit thev body, and, in tact, instances are known where the eye of a workman has been put out.

The primary object oiltlre present inven .tion is to 'furnish a guard encircling the lower end of the block, and which will hold and retain the lower coil oit the wound wire on the block, so that when the wire terminates between the block andthe drawing die its ter! minal end will be held against flying outward and causing injury to workmen; and further objects are to encircle the lowerend ot the wire block with a band, having a vertical body and an inturned iiange at the upper end, beneath which flange the coil. oi' wire is retained and held against outward spring; to construct a band. adapted to encircle the lower end ci' the wire bloclr, and. having a vertical body and an inturned lange at the upper end, the body having slots or openings for admitting the wire onto the block, and the inturned flange having an upwardly inclined lipbywhich the wire entering onto theblock will be guided and directed so as to properly wind onto the block; and to iinprove generally the construction and arrangement oi the guard and block for pre-- venting outspring oi the terminal end oi the wire, between the block and the drawing die.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations oi' parts hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawin s Figure l is a eide elevation oi the wire blocl, the safety guard. therei'or, the drawing die, and a part oi the supporting trame; Fig. 2 a cross section of the parts shown in higv li, with the wire bloeit and its l operating mechanism in full elevation; Fig. 3 a top or plan view oi the safety guard. or band; and Fig. l a detail in perspective, showing the wire opening and guide lip et the safety guard or band.

Tlfe wire block, in the construction shown, has vertical body or side wall l, and an inwardly upwardly inclined wall 2, with an annular ilangc or riin 3 at the top; and the rim has sockets 4i to receive the rods to give an increased. depth Al'or the wire coil. At the lower end o'l' the main body or wall l is a band 5, forming a shoulder 6, and onto which the wire first winds, so asto leave a space between the coil and the main body or wall l oi the block, into which space the gripper enters, as the wire coils and rises on the block. flhe lower end o'l' the block has a vertical *wall 7, with an inclined upper face S on which the wire coming from the drawing die rests, so that the wire, as the bloclr revolves, will be carried up on the block, the last coil forcing the preceding coils upward as usual.

The safety guard or band encircling the lower portion or end of the wire block, con sists oi' a vertical wall 9 and an inwardly and upwardly inclined wall or flange l0, and this guard or band is arranged so as to leave a space between its vertical wall 9 and upper wall or ilange l() and the vertical wall 7 and inclined i'ace 8 at the lower end of the block, as shown in Fig. 2, by which arrangement the last coil oi the wire being wound onto the block. will rest on the upper face 8 and in the corner between the vertical wall 9 and upper wall or flange l() of the safety guard or band, as shown in Fig. 2.

rllhe safety guard or band of the present in vention, encircling the lower portion or end oi the wire block, guides and holdsthe wire and prevents any outspring oi the last coil, when the wire terminates between the block and drawing die, with the result that the last coil is held on thc block, when the end is reached, and cannot uncoil-and spring or ily outward so as to cause injury to the workmen around. the bloclr or. an adjoining block.

The sai'ety guard or band' ci'. the present invention has formed in its vertical wall 9 and through its upper wall or flange l0, an open ing or vpassage-1l on opposite sides, as shown i Wen Hnimfn in."

inclined. iip 12, by s the xiii entering on shoulder or face 8 inc the n @pci l() oi the safety wiwi cr bami. guard or band, l Yacont nach @por passage lli, has the Wzlii. Q and in@ 'Hnge 10 npwardiy amended so nis tn form n fanghi; by the gripper, 'xviii be guidcci dcwnwnrfii' A as to enter thc spacci between inc c face 8 and. the ai/'ali or Hang@ i0 biocii rcvoivcs, thereby nisuring ci movement oi' tre various cciis, coii iS Wound, around ciw i shouidcr or i'zicc 8, tinus a ccii ci' wir@ ns unirsi.

The safety gnaif cr man? nient shown, if; suk ci f tion cn pintas.: i3, of the Side.; omini frfnnc, but cnnid Ti Wire bin it ii@ i. is suppnrcfi by' r miler or wiicei jnurna per and of iiit rmi pivnmiiy connected icd by zi, kif, ursrni hindi; by n ci described, nn in in Liic fsnifety fiumi in' i* ti c wir@ iiinci: ini i Wire zigfiiiwt mmv. unimi bciwwcn tizi" ingr' (lio.

'i'iic safety gmini in' inrnfi niy Lim in'mcni in volition, oncirciing' line imi-'m' pm'iinn iii' vnri i ni. thc Wirey iiifirfif, is :i .anni pi'nwn iw, nrjninxi i injury to iiiic nm'imwn :infi ciiwiv; ii'nni iii-f Outward spring ci' Lin iciniimii cnfi ni' linl Wire; :mnd'nii Liic -rnunc i/iiin iiis gmini fir; bund servos :is :L incinin'i'm' guiding nnii iiil'cctingf iiin wi .3 Li'i'mn iii@ 'iinvring (iin onu the wiic iiiiicii in pimiiifin ini' iin inst' cnii in i'cst on iiic .ksiifilihiil ni inca A imi forme tim prcccding cciis npwmiiy in iin ii in'i'miinn wir', -i anni iin' c nt. in

iiinci; :is iin-y i bicck revolves; and in addition the openings ievsages il :furnish access by Winch innen can grrr@ ti e coii of wire at the imicnr i id remove: the cnil from 'che block. i`iic sn anni ci' band nif the prese-nt in- ,niiicn .Snnpie n 'i can iis nppiicd tn nii c binciis, ii., only being necessary to is contour to irn mi'ntfjini' of the iowcr fi: zii@ iiincii ai 2i have :bini two cnn-- coincida so as to @nnbie the guard cr cn guiilc or iiirct thc wir@ onto the i and, misc ,ii-cir; min ne tcrrninci cn thc bioci sind. Unc

n .vilc iiior f an annniz'n Q nf and. encirciing 'anc iiiccii. 'Liic wail innige in ifardiy ng' over :mii cniirciing iiimriz, w'iii space sininiier rc wirc iiiiocif,

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its connection '-.vi x 'i c CJnUiiinMiimi. with, n wire bimii', 0i 0,? any nsnzii fi. i ini "inmi rncii'ciinq fini;T iiic sininidci'cii str nation, iinri .x 'ini-winni init si'ifzciiicniiy i* L n? inf fir anni inning n, wfiii xviii: iiiff if; ni iiin iiinck :mii :ni

nu iizingc nini iiiic nlniniiinr in i'iiwivfa i c mrc inni iniwr inc imnigc m :ict anni nimm nini iiniii iiin ici'n Q h cui spring, iin innnrn inning' :in nnnixiiiy iniuii lrgiiiiic in A im' gnniinj; :imi aincciilng shoulde;1 ofthe bleek, with a epilee between 4inclined guide lip adjacent tothe opening fer the 'flan e end the shoulder to receive the guiding and directlng the Wire onto die Wire an have the flange to act and retain block, substantially usdeserbed.

and hold the-terminal end of the wire against JUAN H. REECE.

.i out spring, the Wall and the ange having an- Witnesses:

o enmg for the passage of the Wire onto the t ELMER P. RODMAN,V b ook, and the 'flange having au upwardly 'i LEWIS W. CONNELL. 

